WEBVTT - CrossFit Conquest

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<v Speaker 1>CrossFit. It's like regular gym, but faster and with more handstands.

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<v Speaker 1>It requires all round body strength and incredible willpower. Probably

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<v Speaker 1>helps to have a good sense of humor too, because

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<v Speaker 1>the sport certainly has its critics. No wonder then than

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<v Speaker 1>an Aussie's one more CrossFit world titles than anyone. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to the ballroom where we celebrate the winners, losers,

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<v Speaker 1>and the weird stuff between. I'm Tony Armstrong. All jokes aside.

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<v Speaker 1>CrossFit is an epic test of strength and coordination, and

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<v Speaker 1>even though it feels like a young person's game, it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually been around for almost twenty five years. And for

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<v Speaker 1>sure it feels a bit like a cult and the

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<v Speaker 1>internet comments sections are so toxic they need hazardous waste warnings.

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<v Speaker 1>But true CrossFit competitors are serious athletes, which is where

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<v Speaker 1>te Declared Toomey comes in. Before CrossFit Queensland, to Toomey

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<v Speaker 1>was a track and field athlete. She grew up in

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<v Speaker 1>Cane Farm Territory and she loved to run, becoming known

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<v Speaker 1>for her running and hurdling as a teenager. CrossFit came

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<v Speaker 1>into her life a few years later via her partner

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<v Speaker 1>Shane or a local rugby union player who swore by

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<v Speaker 1>it for keeping him fit for ball sports. Toomey took

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<v Speaker 1>to it like a duck to water. Less than a

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<v Speaker 1>month after joining. In twenty thirteen, she was participating in

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<v Speaker 1>the CrossFit Open, the first step towards qualifying for the

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<v Speaker 1>world competition. After only two years of that, she entered

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty fifteen CrossFit Games as a rookie. What's that well,

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<v Speaker 1>the CrossFit website says, it's like being a high school freshman.

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<v Speaker 1>The big kids seem to have it all together while

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<v Speaker 1>you're just hoping you can find your next class and

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<v Speaker 1>someone to sit with at lunch. Feels like a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of us when we go to a regular gym. To

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, Tea Claire Toomey surprised everyone by taking out

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<v Speaker 1>second place and earning her Rookie of the Year, and

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty sixteen she returned and did it again. Both

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<v Speaker 1>times she was runner up. Unlike most crossfitters whose schedules

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<v Speaker 1>revolve around the workout of the day, or what as

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<v Speaker 1>it's called, Toomey's time in the gym was having an

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<v Speaker 1>unusual side effect with deadlifts, barbell squats, and clean and

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<v Speaker 1>jerks on the agenda, she was learning the basics of weightlifting,

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<v Speaker 1>a sport. Turned out she had some serious natural talent

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<v Speaker 1>for after just eighteen months of official training, she finished

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<v Speaker 1>third at the Oceana Weightlifting Championships and qualified for the

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<v Speaker 1>Olympics in Brazil, Tomy competed in the women's fifty eight

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<v Speaker 1>kilogram division, finishing in fourteenth place. With that World championship complete,

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<v Speaker 1>she returned to the CrossFit Game stage. In twenty seventeen.

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<v Speaker 1>She fought a close battle to beat out her fellow

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<v Speaker 1>Australian Karra Webb by only two points, her first win,

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<v Speaker 1>but far from her last. In twenty eighteen, she blitzed

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<v Speaker 1>the field, winning by sixty four points. She then extended

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<v Speaker 1>her margin again in twenty nineteen when she won by

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<v Speaker 1>a monster one hundred and ninety five points, becoming the

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<v Speaker 1>first woman to win three CrossFit Games. After that, she

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<v Speaker 1>just kept going. In twenty twenty, she put on the

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<v Speaker 1>most dominant display ever by a female athlete at the Games.

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<v Speaker 1>That year, Toomy won nine of the twelve finals star events,

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<v Speaker 1>giving her an unbelievable three hundred and sixty point advantage

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<v Speaker 1>over her closest competitor in second place. The very same

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<v Speaker 1>athlete who had beaten her years before twice. Toomey's victory snowballed.

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<v Speaker 1>She set a new game's record score when she won

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty one, which also saw her equal the

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<v Speaker 1>number of wins by any crossfitter man or woman. When

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<v Speaker 1>Tea Claire hit the mats again in twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>the pressure was on. She had a slow start, finishing

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<v Speaker 1>event number three with the second worst finish of her career.

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<v Speaker 1>Did it stop her, no, sir. She stormed the field

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<v Speaker 1>over the rest of the weekend to finish once again

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<v Speaker 1>at the top of the podium. That day, Tea Claire

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<v Speaker 1>Toomey became the only person to ever win six titles

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<v Speaker 1>in the long and storied history of CrossFit, a record

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<v Speaker 1>she holds to this day. Twenty sixteen wasn't even the

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<v Speaker 1>last time Tomy calli for the Olympics. In twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>she won two races in South Korea in Bob's lad

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<v Speaker 1>that's not even in CrossFit. She and her team qualified

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<v Speaker 1>for the twenty twenty two Winter Olympics, though they weren't selected.

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<v Speaker 1>Tea Claire to me is still the only athlete to

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<v Speaker 1>compete in the Olympics and the CrossFit Games in the

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<v Speaker 1>same year. Thanks for listening to the Ballroom and iHeart production.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Tony Armstrong and I'll speak to you soon. Catcher